Search results matching tags 'Professional Development', 'Speaking', 'Leadership', and 'Conferences'http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=Professional+Development,Speaking,Leadership,Conferences&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'Professional Development', 'Speaking', 'Leadership', and 'Conferences'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)Secure Your Spot at the Nashville SQL Saturday!http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/08/27/secure-your-spot-at-the-nashville-sql-saturday.aspxMon, 27 Aug 2012 14:50:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:44873KKline<p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-2048" href="http://kevinekline.com/?attachment_id=2048"><img class="size-full wp-image-2048" title="sqlsat145_web" alt="" width="236" height="115" style="border:2px solid black;cursor:default;margin:2px;" src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sqlsat145_web.png"></a></p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><a title="SQL Saturday events by the Professional Association for SQL Server" href="http://sqlsaturday.com/">PASS SQL Saturdays</a>&nbsp;are&nbsp;free 1-day training events for IT professionals interested in Microsoft SQL Server, providing a variety of high-quality technical sessions, all happen through the efforts of local volunteers. &nbsp;The leadership team of the&nbsp;<a title="Nashville SQL Server User Group" href="http://nashville.sqlpass.org/">local chapter of PASS here in Nashville</a>&nbsp;(<a title="NashSQL on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/nashsqlserver">Facebook</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="NashSQL on LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Nashville-SQL-Server-Users-Group-123976?gid=123976&amp;mostPopular=&amp;trk=tyah">LinkedIn</a>) have worked hard to make this year's SQL Saturday a day of great training and networking.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">The local NashSQL leadership team includes yours truly (<a title="Kevin Kline's Blog" href="http://kevinekline.com/">blog</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Kevin Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">twitter</a>), Joe Webb (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/joewebb">Twitter</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.webbtechsolutions.com/blog">Blog</a>), Louis "Dr SQL" Davidson&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/drsql">Twitter</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/louis_davidson/rss.aspx">Blog</a>), Christina Leo&nbsp;(<a title="Christina Leo's Blog" href="http://www.christinaleo.net/">blog</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/christinaleo">twitter</a>), and Shelton Dickson (<a title="Shelton Dickson's Website" href="http://www.dicksonresources.com/">website</a>). &nbsp;We also get a lot of operational help from Matt LeBlank (<a title="Matt's LinkedIn Profile" href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-admin/www.linkedin.com/in/mattleblanc">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Matt's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/matthewjleblanc">Twitter</a>).</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">We think you'll find it's a great way to spend a Saturday! &nbsp;</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Register for the free community day with 5 concurrent tracks of hour-hour technical sessions running all day long:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/145/eventhome.aspx">www.sqlsaturday.com/145/eventhome.aspx</a></p><hr style="cursor:default;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Also, we are very pleased to announce the SQLSaturday #145 Pre-con event on Friday, October 12th. We have four paid sessions available from established industry experts. Session details are provided in the links below.</p><ul style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon2-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Leadership Skills for I.T. Pros with Kevin Kline and Joe Webb</a></li><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon1-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Sharepoint 2010 BI with Mark Stacey, Pragmatic Works, South Africa</a></li><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon3-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Failover Clustering with Kathi Kellenberger, Pragmatic Works, U.S.</a></li><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon4-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Storage and Virtualization for the DBA with Denny Cherry</a></li></ul><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Please be aware that each Pre-con is priced at a staggeringly cheap $129.95 + $8.14 processing fee.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><em>Registrations made by August 31, 2012, will receive an EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION rate of an $99.95 + 6.49 processing fee!!!</em></p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Don't miss out on this fantastic offer! Register now: &nbsp;<a href="http://sqlsat145precons.eventbrite.com/">SQL Satuday #145 PreCons<br></a><br>A continental breakfast will be served and tea and coffee will be available throughout the day. Lunch will be provided.</p>Come See Me. I'll Probably Be Just Down the Street Soon!http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/07/31/come-see-me-i-ll-probably-be-just-down-the-street-soon.aspxTue, 31 Jul 2012 15:02:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:44524KKline<p style="line-height:19px;">Even though I've recently changed jobs, I'll still be speaking at a lot of SQL events across the country and internationally. &nbsp;There are still a few trips that I've yet to finalize, in particular with the fine folks in Houston, run by my friend Nancy Hidy (<a title="Nancy Hidy-Wilson's Blog" href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-admin/nancyhidywilson.wordpress.com">blog</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Nancy Hidy-Wilson's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/nancyhidywilson">twitter</a>), and my friends in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, run by my friend Mark Ginnebaugh (<a title="Mark Ginnebaugh's Blog" href="http://www.designmind.com/blog">blog</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Mark Ginnebaugh's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/markginnebaugh">twitter</a>). &nbsp;Also, do to some missed deadlines, it looks like I won't be speaking at the Nordic SQL Rally this fall. My bad! &nbsp;On the other hand, you can see when checking my roster, that I hardly have time to catch my breath with this travel schedule.</p><p style="line-height:19px;">I'll also be doing several on-line events with the&nbsp;<a title="PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter" href="http://prof-dev.sqlpass.org/">PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter</a>, run by Mark Caldwell (<a title="Mark Caldwell's Blog" href="http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/markc">blog</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Mark &quot;Ajarn&quot; Caldwell's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/ajarnmark">twitter</a>), through out the year.</p><p style="line-height:19px;">Here's what's on the docket up through the start of the holiday season:</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">New York City</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Kevin Kline Speaks at SQL Saturday 158 in NYC" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/158/eventhome.aspx">SQL Saturday 158</a>, August 4</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">The Colorado User Group Tour</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;">&nbsp;<a title="Boulder SQL Server user group" href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/boulder-sql-server-users-group">Boulder PASS user group meeting</a>, August 14</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group" href="http://www.springssql.sqlpass.org/">Colorado Springs PASS user group meeting</a>, August 15 (Register here for&nbsp;<a title="Registration for the Colorado Springs, CO user group meeting" href="http://kevinklinesprings.eventbrite.com/">Colorado Springs PASS user group meeting</a>).</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Denver, CO PASS user group" href="http://denver.sqlpass.org/">Denver PASS user group meeting</a>, August 16</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;">Comatose, August 17 (Not an actual city in CO).</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">&nbsp;Orlando</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Kevin Kline Teaches SQL Server Performance Tuning" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3895236758?ref=ebtn">SQL Saturday Performance Tuning Pre-Con</a>, September 28</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Kevin Kline Speaks at SQL Saturday 151" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/151/eventhome.aspx">SQL Saturday 151</a>, September 29</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">Online</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="SSWUG Fall vConference" href="http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=661">SSWUG 2012 Fall vConference</a>, Oct 2-4, (Please register using code 'VCKEVIN'. I will personally hug you, virtually.)</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">Lincoln</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Kevin Kline's Real World Database Configuration and Tuning Full-Day Seminar" href="http://sqlsat165kevinkline.eventbrite.com/">SQL Saturday Performance Tuning Pre-Con</a>, October 5</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Kevin Kline Speaks at SQL Saturday 165 in Lincoln, NE" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx">SQL Saturday 165</a>, October 6</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">Cedar Rapids</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="East Iowa SQL Server User Group" href="http://www.380pass.org/">East Iowa PASS user group meeting</a>, Oct 8 TBD</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Quad Cities Iowa SQL Server User Group" href="http://qcpass.sqlpass.org/">Quad City PASS user group meeting</a>, Oct 9 TBD</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">Nashville (Go Titans!)</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Leadership for IT Pros Full Day Seminar" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3834146034?utm_source=eb_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=new_eventv2&amp;utm_term=eventname_text">SQL Saturday Leadership Skills for IT Pros Pre-Con</a>, October 12</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="Kevin Kline Speaks at SQL Saturday 146 in Nashville" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/145/eventhome.aspx">SQL Saturday 145</a>, October 13</p><h2 style="line-height:19px;">Seattle</h2><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a title="SQL Connections and Dev Connections Events" href="http://devconnections.com/shows/fall2012/default.aspx?s=191">SQL Connections</a>, Las Vegas, Nov 1-4</p><p style="line-height:19px;padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/">PASS Summit 2012</a>, Seattle, Nov 6-9</p><p style="line-height:19px;">&nbsp;Let me know if you're nearby and if you're coming to any of these events. &nbsp;I'd enjoy seeing you personally and getting a chance to shake your hand!</p><p style="line-height:19px;">Hope to see you soon,</p><p style="line-height:19px;">-Kevin</p><p style="line-height:19px;">-<a title="Kevin E. Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">Follow me on Twitter!</a></p><p style="line-height:19px;">-More content at&nbsp;<a title="Kevin Kline's Professional Blog" href="http://kevinekline.com/">http://KevinEKline.com</a></p>One Week Until Louisville!http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/07/09/one-week-until-louisville.aspxMon, 09 Jul 2012 18:04:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:44263KKline<p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><a title="Louisville, KY" href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-admin/www.louisvilleky.gov/Visitors/">Louisville</a>&nbsp;has a special place in my heart because it was my brother's home for more than 15 years. I spent a lot of time on I-65 traveling from my home town of&nbsp;<a title="Huntsville, AL" href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-admin/www.huntsville.org">Huntsville, AL</a>&nbsp;to visit my bro in Louisville and New Albany, after he bought a place on the north side of the mighty Ohio River. It's always felt like a home away from home, even long after he moved on.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.churchilldowns.com/"><img class="aligncenter" title="The Iconic Churchill Downs - They Use SQL Server!" alt="" width="427" height="518" style="border:2px solid black;cursor:default;display:block;margin:2px auto;" src="http://www.cityprofile.com/forum/attachments/kentucky/8613-louisville-churchill-downs1.jpg"></a></p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><a title="SQL Saturday 122 in Louisville, KY" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/122/eventhome.aspx">SQL Saturday 122</a>&nbsp;is just around the corner and I'll be speaking both in a full day, pre-conference seminar plus a couple sessions at the SQL Saturday itself.</p><h2 style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Leadership Skills for the IT Professional</h2><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">My pre-con is all about learning the essential leadership skills to lead IT people. &nbsp;It's designed for IT technologists who've been promoted into a leadership role and find that their technology skills don't readily transfer into leading people. &nbsp;Details for the class and registration are available here at&nbsp;<a title="Leadership Skills for IT Professionals" href="http://sqlsat122precon3.eventbrite.com/">Leadership Skills for IT Professionals</a>. &nbsp;As is traditional at IT conferences, professional development classes don't get as much attendance as the hard technology classes. &nbsp;So, please spread the word to other IT leaders in your organizations and help me fill the class. &nbsp;It's fully applicable to other IT disciplines besides DBAs and Developers, so tell your Exchange admins, HelpDesk bosses, and others.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">If you're interested in the topic, but can't attend for some reason, consider purchasing my DVD set and/or the streaming media. &nbsp;Get the details here for the&nbsp;<a title="Leadership Skills for the IT Professional DVD and vConference" href="http://www.vconferenceonline.com/event/home.aspx?id=671">vConference and DVDs on Leadership Skills for the IT Professional</a>.</p><h2 style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">SQL Saturday 122 Sessions</h2><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">I'll be presenting in a few&nbsp;<a title="SQL Saturday 122 Schedule" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/122/schedule.aspx">sessions at the SQL Saturday</a>&nbsp;itself, including my popular session&nbsp;<em>SQL Server Internals and Architecture</em>. I'll also be sitting in the Women In Technology panel at lunch, filling the 'token male' quota and offering my perspective as the dad of three daughters and three step-daughters urging them on to bigger and better things. &nbsp;Right after that, I'll be presenting one module of my leadership training called&nbsp;<em>Communicating Upward</em>, which is all about influencing your boss and your boss' boss.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Please spread the word. &nbsp;I hope to see you there! Enjoy,</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">-Kev</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">-<a title="Kevin Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">Follow me on Twitter</a>!</p>Starting this week: Dublin, Maidenhead, and Londonhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/03/19/starting-this-week-dublin-maidenhead-and-london.aspxMon, 19 Mar 2012 14:18:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:42384KKline<p>This might be most most overcommitted four-week period of time ever in my life. I’m tired just thinking about it! Not only am I traveling internationally and speaking over the next few weeks, I’m also helping on two book projects, learning some new applications from Quest Software, and helping on a small Transact-SQL refactoring project. </p><p>Swag on hand? I’ve got a special printing of 500 <a title="Quest Software SQL Server Promotions" href="http://www.quest.com/landing/?id=5700">video training DVDs</a> for this trip:</p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>SQL Server Training on DMVs </em></p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>Performance Monitor and Wait Events</em></p><p>Plus, I’ll have a few posters, stickers, and other goodies. Come see me!</p><h2>SQL Saturday 105; Dublin, Ireland; March 24</h2><p>My maternal grandmother was first generation Irish-American and, somehow, going to Ireland feels a lot like going home to grandmom’s house. And all my Irish friends make it feel like I’m going home to see the extended family – cousins and ‘once-removed’ family types. And on top of that, we get to talk about SQL Server at <a title="The Schedule of Sessions for SQL Saturday #105" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/105/schedule.aspx">SQL Saturday #105</a>! I’ll be doing a session called “Top 10 Things Every Developer Should Know”. I’ll also be hanging out at the Quest Software booth much of the day and, just for fun, I plan on doing a completely unscripted lightning talk.</p><h2>SQL Server User Group; Maidenhead, UK; March 27</h2><p>From Dublin, I head over to the lovely town of Maidenhead, UK. I’ll be spending a couple days in the Quest Software office there in Maidenhead, whose SQL Server User Group is lead by fellow Questie Richard Douglas (<a title="Richard Douglas' Blog" href="http://sql.richarddouglas.co.uk/">blog </a>| <a title="Richard Douglas' Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/sqlrich">twitter</a>). I’ll be presenting after Business Intelligence impresario Jen Stirrup (<a title="Jen Stirrup's Blog" href="http://www.jenstirrup.com/">blog </a>| <a title="Jen Stirrup's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/jenstirrup">twitter</a>). Space is limited, but there are still some seats left.</p><p>I’ve already heard from other twitterati that some great Microsoft SQL Server MVPs will be attending, like Tobiasz Koprowski (<a title="Tobiasz Koprowski's Blog" href="http://koprowskit.eu/geek/">Blog </a>| <a title="Tobiasz J. Koprowski's Twitter Feed" href="http://www.twitter.com/KoprowskiT">Twitter</a>). If you live in south, central England, then this is your chance! Register here: <a href="http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/events/386/Maidenhead-UG-meeting-SQLBits-Preview-Speakers-include-MVPs-Kevin-Kline-and-Jen-Stirrup.aspx">http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/events/386/Maidenhead-UG-meeting-SQLBits-Preview-Speakers-include-MVPs-Kevin-Kline-and-Jen-Stirrup.aspx.</a></p><h2>SQLBits; London, UK; March 29 – 31</h2><p>This is the <em>official </em>launch event for SQL Server 2012! This is your chance to get the best and biggest dose of SQL Server 2012 training for quite some time. <a title="SQLBits, the UK's Biggest SQL Server Event" href="http://www.sqlbits.com/">The free training day event is sold out</a>. However, some of the training day seminars have open seats, including my seminar <em><a title="Kevin Kline's Leadership Skills for the Database Professional" href="http://sqlbits.com/information/Event10/Leadership_Skills_for_the_Database_Professional/TrainingDetails.aspx">Leadership Skills for the Database Professional</a>. </em>This seminar <strong>distills the years of formal training and hard-won experience</strong> I’ve accumulated throughout my career starting as a developer leading a small team, through the founding and early startup years of <a title="The Professional Association for SQL Server" href="http://www.sqlpass.org/">PASS</a>, into my later years leading a large, multi-national development organization. You’ll learn all the skills that are crucial for you to make the leap (and it’s a big one) from full-time technologist to a leader and manager of people.</p><p>And we’ll be hosting our popular SQL trivia quize and IT Horror Stories sessions as well. So be sure to plan on grabbing your lunch and heading into our fun lunch-time sessions!</p><p>I hope to see you at one of these upcoming events! Cheers,</p><p>-Kevin</p><p>-<a title="Kevin Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">Follow me on Twitter</a></p>